The inclusion of system tasks in the UI graphic selection seems to be a good way to allow the Linux newbies to more easily understand and control their non-Win computers. Once they get acclimated to the commands, they may venture into the faster cmd-line that 'experts' like to use.
This may even help faster corporate adoption, with the remote control software and other networking tools.
Could this be a ploy for Sun to merge w/IBM?
Although seemingly far-fetched, if Sun buys Novell to get SuSE (and the Ximian products) and IBM sees this as a threat to their Linux offerings, IBM could attempt a 'merger' (see Daimler-Chrysler).
Then IBM would have a large portfolio of Linux products.
One of the prime casualties of the DMCA, reverse engineering, will forever weaken the progress of innovation. Tinkerers have long disassembled 'things' to understand how they worked. This knowledge to other, sometimes better 'things'. Now it is illegal to disassemble someone's thing (software in this case) to learn how to make it better or use it in a different manner. This means the creator of the original 'thing' is the only one that could improve said thing - or forever lose its improvement.
What they are really saying is that XP64 has so many problems it cannot be released. Or they are attempting to fix the gaping worm holes (why is that an Apple is less susceptible to worms than a Window?)
If the 'supercomputers' of today are increasing performance, does it really matter the design?
Maybe that is a signal that monolithic computer tasks are best handled in a hive mentality - have the Queen issue the big orders, have the warriors performing security, have the workers transporting the goodies (data), and have the requisite extra daughters and suitors to grow the hive and assure its viability (redundancy).
The fact that it is cost-effective is even better.
You are absolutely correct on this. P2P is a mechanism that can be subverted into immoral/illegal acts. The military should be requiring all correspondence to be encrypted, sensitive data (especially residence info) to be removed from common access (and also encrypted), and disclaimers to soldiers' respondents detailing how the emails should not be forwarded for said security matters (and maybe a warning of prosecution for privacy violations?).
Since Sony announced 100 developers for their device and its portable music/vid capabilities, will the DS lose out to the PSx juggernaut (can 20 more games make/break a game)?
How much importance is given to the 2-screen design (other than a 'neat' factor)? Also, since the PSP has 1 bigger screen will this make a difference in the long run?
I want the the Ponto digital juke box (or the exclusive placement rights):
"Digipop can store up to 20,000 tunes (compressed in Ogg Vorbis or MP3) and soon will deliver video-clips, according to Ponto-i owner Andre Dias. Sound and video ports enable venues to connect Digipop to existing sound and TV systems.
The jukebox includes a wired, remote serial pinpad that can control the machine remotely. For example, a bartender could use the pin pad to add credits to user accounts, which are identified by cards with barcode stickers. Ponto-i sells barcode cards for 50 cents each, printed with the venue's logo."
'...AMD has elected to stick with its "fake subatomic particle" naming scheme rather than veer into Intel's "fake member of the periodic table of elements" naming scheme. Sempron is largely a branding exercise, so the name is important. The Sempron name is intended to evoke phrases like "semper fidelis" and other such tokens of solidity and steadfastness. Roughly translated from a mix of Latin and leet-speak, though, Sempron means "always pornographic," and I fear the little CPU will never fully escape that connotation of its recently fabricated moniker. '
"Always faithful to porn"!!! That's my kinda CPU (Completely Pornographic Unit)
This is a rather odd pattern. Sun gives OOo as a free [no $ - N$ for the rest of this] alternative to Word and sells a slightly more advanced version called StarOffice...
Now Netscape is doing basically the same thing. Add in the other Linux vendors that offer something N$ and another with a price tag and spinoff of the old business model (lower optioned item at cost/loss to hook 'em and high-profit items to upgrade them later) is created.
The real question for the software world is if this is a viable model in the long run?
In OSS, there are quite a few individuals that keep the N$ items going, but is there much incentive for the priced offerings (other than businesses for support/peace of mind)?
From the pdf on whyline, it seems to work with the Alice language. Alice seems to be very rigid in its design, allowing English lookups (rather like naming variable in English-word format like 'pac_resize').
This is a more user-friendly version of tools like grep and awk.
This type of debugger would seem difficult to make in the lower-level program tools without rigid naming conventions. Or else the searching would be on high-level concepts like graphic resizing that would be searched on the language functions that perform the resizing (regardless of data-var name).
I do have to disagree with their definition of a programmer: "If you've created a spreadsheet, made macros in Excel or Word or used a Web application to fetch news about your hobby or favorite celebrity, you've programmed". Although technically usable in definition, a Word/Excel macroist does not a programmer make.
How much of this is the single-vendor, and how much could be attributed to a better OS? There are no numbers of Linux servers/desktops listed.
Also, I love the 9.0 given by the 'self-built' desktops. Why so low (I know I get GREAT support on my home-built products - although the tech support guy acts all superior to me sometimes!!)
Seems like an interesting read
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Although more basic/moderate in experience, it seems well partitioned and presents many of the important topics in OS admin. The 'Grok' section is intriguing.
BSD (to me) would be an interesting study, as it is a familiar design, but has a different license structure and fan base.
Makes me want to BSD an old 'puter and get a *nix/*nix/win (lone client laptop) network.
Computers are getting better but the human experience is where all advancement has been achieved. The current mission has taught somethings, but the next mission (if robotic) would need to be limited in scope (travel to 'x' drill hole, look for stuff), and missions repeated until objectives reached, whereas human interaction could alter actions outside limited parameters.
Although life is precious and reckless endangerment is to be decried, the fact is life is sometimes jeopardized/sacrificed for the greater advancement of the species (human or otherwise). Although not a good analogy, it is similar in sentiment to those unwilling to risk lives in battle.
Unwillingly to sacrifice one sacrifices all. THe 'all' in this case just happens to be knowledge and experience. If carefully balanced, some risk is acceptable (I'd do it).
The premise is valiant. It seems like itching your left ear w/your right hand by going over the top of your head - why not just use the PDA to play the "sounds"?
I am waiting for the perfect convergence of all home electronics, appliances and climate/house controls "broadcasting" their capabilities (all with a lock-out, so my neighbor cannot turn on my stereo at 3am and play some Barry Manilow!) to a device (or PC), allowing a PDA-style remote to visually control them all (or even the web).
There are some very high-end AV/home controllers that do some of this, but I want more choices!
"...the spacecraft must swing once past Earth, twice past Venus and thrice past Mercury before slowing down enough to slip into orbit around Mercury"
Her>That's the 2nd time I've seen Mercury! Stop and ask! Him>I will not ask for directions! I know where we are now Her>I have to pee! And you promised we'd get some Venutian shopping done!
*NOTE* - It is rather interesting that the craft must maneuver like this to get a stable orbit and not get crushed.
See, but the 'bad people' do not end w/what most Americans consider the 'bad people'. Every kid that illegally copies music and movies, every tech weenie that installs his buddy's copy of Word can be, by this action, invaded by the FBI.
This act is just a cheap way of saying 'we want an open order to snoop on ANYONE at ANYTIME until we find something illegal'. That is unlawful search. It may catch lawbreakers, but it is un-constitutional and every bit as illegal. And since there is no real investigation going on the possibility of wrongful arrest increases. Although I do not allow others on my PCs, say I shared a house w/serveral people. We shared a connection to the web (my PC). Bob, the drunk, gets tanked one night and finds a kiddie-porn site. Being monitored (the Patriot Act allows this according to your argument), the FBI obtains a search warrant, arrests all of us and confiscates my PC and destroys it. 5 months later I and the others ('cept Bob, the drunk) are exonerated, but are forced to move due to the pubilicity.
Now, was that fair?
I would wager that this news service will get embedded in the Longhorn desktop presentation layer. This would hide the IE browser from view (although its underlying tech would be the content server), allowing MS to further embed its applications further into the OS offering.
How many times will the misuse of this 'Patriot' act occur before we get enough politicians to support its repeal (I would say rework but IMO the partisanship in America will prevent that)?
Proof that this act was dangerous came in the 1st weeks when the Vegas strip-club owner got arrested. This act has also been used against kiddie-porn and drug traffickers. Although I like the fact that these bastards get caught, the ends do not justify the means.
This case proves that government and business have gotten to intermingled and inbred, and every politician aligned with these afronts needs voted out. Normally, I would say the erroneous affadavit would lead to his acquittal but I cannot predict our justice system anymore.
As soon as this guy can afford it, a massive counter-suit against the MPAA, MGM, and the government needs to be filed.
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The inclusion of system tasks in the UI graphic selection seems to be a good way to allow the Linux newbies to more easily understand and control their non-Win computers. Once they get acclimated to the commands, they may venture into the faster cmd-line that 'experts' like to use.
This may even help faster corporate adoption, with the remote control software and other networking tools.
The iHorror!!!
It needs a posthumous purple-hued titanium heart.
Could this be a ploy for Sun to merge w/IBM? Although seemingly far-fetched, if Sun buys Novell to get SuSE (and the Ximian products) and IBM sees this as a threat to their Linux offerings, IBM could attempt a 'merger' (see Daimler-Chrysler). Then IBM would have a large portfolio of Linux products.
One of the prime casualties of the DMCA, reverse engineering, will forever weaken the progress of innovation.
Tinkerers have long disassembled 'things' to understand how they worked. This knowledge to other, sometimes better 'things'.
Now it is illegal to disassemble someone's thing (software in this case) to learn how to make it better or use it in a different manner. This means the creator of the original 'thing' is the only one that could improve said thing - or forever lose its improvement.
Actually the -1L goes to MS. If their customers were highly quality concious then MS would be the last option (or have to be the only).
I'll make sure my pointers are explicit in my future rants (to avoid overflows into 'good' data areas)
"The delays are quality driven,"
Where is the -1 Ludicrous button?
What they are really saying is that XP64 has so many problems it cannot be released. Or they are attempting to fix the gaping worm holes (why is that an Apple is less susceptible to worms than a Window?)
Random Array of Inexpensive Servers.
If the 'supercomputers' of today are increasing performance, does it really matter the design?
Maybe that is a signal that monolithic computer tasks are best handled in a hive mentality - have the Queen issue the big orders, have the warriors performing security, have the workers transporting the goodies (data), and have the requisite extra daughters and suitors to grow the hive and assure its viability (redundancy).
The fact that it is cost-effective is even better.
You are absolutely correct on this. P2P is a mechanism that can be subverted into immoral/illegal acts.
The military should be requiring all correspondence to be encrypted, sensitive data (especially residence info) to be removed from common access (and also encrypted), and disclaimers to soldiers' respondents detailing how the emails should not be forwarded for said security matters (and maybe a warning of prosecution for privacy violations?).
Actually, I was referencing the 20 extra for the DS (120 - 100 PSP). Do those extra 20 help the DS?
Since Sony announced 100 developers for their device and its portable music/vid capabilities, will the DS lose out to the PSx juggernaut (can 20 more games make/break a game)?
How much importance is given to the 2-screen design (other than a 'neat' factor)? Also, since the PSP has 1 bigger screen will this make a difference in the long run?
I want the the Ponto digital juke box (or the exclusive placement rights):
"Digipop can store up to 20,000 tunes (compressed in Ogg Vorbis or MP3) and soon will deliver video-clips, according to Ponto-i owner Andre Dias. Sound and video ports enable venues to connect Digipop to existing sound and TV systems.
The jukebox includes a wired, remote serial pinpad that can control the machine remotely. For example, a bartender could use the pin pad to add credits to user accounts, which are identified by cards with barcode stickers. Ponto-i sells barcode cards for 50 cents each, printed with the venue's logo."
In a recent study, 100% of all robots that reported chose Linux.
Celeron still makes me hanker for a Bloody Mary (titter)
'...AMD has elected to stick with its "fake subatomic particle" naming scheme rather than veer into Intel's "fake member of the periodic table of elements" naming scheme. Sempron is largely a branding exercise, so the name is important. The Sempron name is intended to evoke phrases like "semper fidelis" and other such tokens of solidity and steadfastness. Roughly translated from a mix of Latin and leet-speak, though, Sempron means "always pornographic," and I fear the little CPU will never fully escape that connotation of its recently fabricated moniker. '
"Always faithful to porn"!!! That's my kinda CPU (Completely Pornographic Unit)
This is a rather odd pattern. Sun gives OOo as a free [no $ - N$ for the rest of this] alternative to Word and sells a slightly more advanced version called StarOffice...
Now Netscape is doing basically the same thing. Add in the other Linux vendors that offer something N$ and another with a price tag and spinoff of the old business model (lower optioned item at cost/loss to hook 'em and high-profit items to upgrade them later) is created.
The real question for the software world is if this is a viable model in the long run?
In OSS, there are quite a few individuals that keep the N$ items going, but is there much incentive for the priced offerings (other than businesses for support/peace of mind)?
It will be interesting to watch this trend unfold
From the pdf on whyline, it seems to work with the Alice language. Alice seems to be very rigid in its design, allowing English lookups (rather like naming variable in English-word format like 'pac_resize').
This is a more user-friendly version of tools like grep and awk.
This type of debugger would seem difficult to make in the lower-level program tools without rigid naming conventions. Or else the searching would be on high-level concepts like graphic resizing that would be searched on the language functions that perform the resizing (regardless of data-var name).
I do have to disagree with their definition of a programmer: "If you've created a spreadsheet, made macros in Excel or Word or used a Web application to fetch news about your hobby or favorite celebrity, you've programmed". Although technically usable in definition, a Word/Excel macroist does not a programmer make.
How much of this is the single-vendor, and how much could be attributed to a better OS? There are no numbers of Linux servers/desktops listed.
Also, I love the 9.0 given by the 'self-built' desktops. Why so low (I know I get GREAT support on my home-built products - although the tech support guy acts all superior to me sometimes!!)
Although more basic/moderate in experience, it seems well partitioned and presents many of the important topics in OS admin. The 'Grok' section is intriguing.
BSD (to me) would be an interesting study, as it is a familiar design, but has a different license structure and fan base.
Makes me want to BSD an old 'puter and get a *nix/*nix/win (lone client laptop) network.
Computers are getting better but the human experience is where all advancement has been achieved. The current mission has taught somethings, but the next mission (if robotic) would need to be limited in scope (travel to 'x' drill hole, look for stuff), and missions repeated until objectives reached, whereas human interaction could alter actions outside limited parameters.
Although life is precious and reckless endangerment is to be decried, the fact is life is sometimes jeopardized/sacrificed for the greater advancement of the species (human or otherwise). Although not a good analogy, it is similar in sentiment to those unwilling to risk lives in battle.
Unwillingly to sacrifice one sacrifices all. THe 'all' in this case just happens to be knowledge and experience. If carefully balanced, some risk is acceptable (I'd do it).
Does this work if I run around fat people?
The premise is valiant. It seems like itching your left ear w/your right hand by going over the top of your head - why not just use the PDA to play the "sounds"?
I am waiting for the perfect convergence of all home electronics, appliances and climate/house controls "broadcasting" their capabilities (all with a lock-out, so my neighbor cannot turn on my stereo at 3am and play some Barry Manilow!) to a device (or PC), allowing a PDA-style remote to visually control them all (or even the web).
There are some very high-end AV/home controllers that do some of this, but I want more choices!
"...the spacecraft must swing once past Earth, twice past Venus and thrice past Mercury before slowing down enough to slip into orbit around Mercury"
Her>That's the 2nd time I've seen Mercury! Stop and ask!
Him>I will not ask for directions! I know where we are now
Her>I have to pee! And you promised we'd get some Venutian shopping done!
*NOTE* - It is rather interesting that the craft must maneuver like this to get a stable orbit and not get crushed.
See, but the 'bad people' do not end w/what most Americans consider the 'bad people'. Every kid that illegally copies music and movies, every tech weenie that installs his buddy's copy of Word can be, by this action, invaded by the FBI. This act is just a cheap way of saying 'we want an open order to snoop on ANYONE at ANYTIME until we find something illegal'. That is unlawful search. It may catch lawbreakers, but it is un-constitutional and every bit as illegal. And since there is no real investigation going on the possibility of wrongful arrest increases. Although I do not allow others on my PCs, say I shared a house w/serveral people. We shared a connection to the web (my PC). Bob, the drunk, gets tanked one night and finds a kiddie-porn site. Being monitored (the Patriot Act allows this according to your argument), the FBI obtains a search warrant, arrests all of us and confiscates my PC and destroys it. 5 months later I and the others ('cept Bob, the drunk) are exonerated, but are forced to move due to the pubilicity. Now, was that fair?
I would wager that this news service will get embedded in the Longhorn desktop presentation layer. This would hide the IE browser from view (although its underlying tech would be the content server), allowing MS to further embed its applications further into the OS offering.
How many times will the misuse of this 'Patriot' act occur before we get enough politicians to support its repeal (I would say rework but IMO the partisanship in America will prevent that)?
Proof that this act was dangerous came in the 1st weeks when the Vegas strip-club owner got arrested. This act has also been used against kiddie-porn and drug traffickers. Although I like the fact that these bastards get caught, the ends do not justify the means.
This case proves that government and business have gotten to intermingled and inbred, and every politician aligned with these afronts needs voted out. Normally, I would say the erroneous affadavit would lead to his acquittal but I cannot predict our justice system anymore.
As soon as this guy can afford it, a massive counter-suit against the MPAA, MGM, and the government needs to be filed.